Change format and position of date

Stefan · 2020-05-23 21:44

Karleesi wrote:

...
Thanks, it turns out like this:
Stefan-Steffi.2020.05.05.Testshowjpg
"skip extension" is still unchecked like you told me. Any idea? Almost there!

From where comes now the extension in your example? They wasn't there before.
For file names with extension, enable [x] skip extension, as ".05" is not the extension anymore in your example name, but "jpg".

FROM:
Stefan-Steffi.Testshow.2020.05.05.ext
Karleesi.Testshow.2019.04.04.ext

TO:
Stefan-Steffi.2020.05.05.Testshow.ext
Karleesi.2019.04.04.Testshow.ext

Use RegEx:
\A([\w-]+)\b(.*?)\.(\d{4}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})\b[\s\.]*
$1.$3$2
[x] skip extension

den4b · 2020-05-23 21:49

Karleesi wrote:

It's great but it doesn't work with words like double nouns, for example Anna-Nicole. Date gets moved right after Anna. Is there a way to handle words like these as 1 word so the date gets moved right after Anna-Nicole, for example?

This requires another surgical change in the regular expression, like follows:

Regular Expressions: Replace expression "\A([\w\-]+)\b(.+?)\b(\d{4}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})\b[\s\.]*" with "$1.$3$2"

Where the change consists of replacing "\w" with "[\w\-]".

Karleesi · 2020-05-23 21:58

@Stefan: Thanks, it works. Just thought it was abvious, because as stated many times before, the files in my folders become the parent folder.
@den4b: Thanks, yours works, too!

Somehow I had to uncheck "skip extension" otherwise I would have got 2 dots...

When I'm done with my project I will send a donation to you guys. Your help is always amazing. You also talk to me in a way I understand it which makes it pretty easy to apply your suggestions.

Last edited by Karleesi (2020-05-23 22:06)

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Re: Change format and position of date

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Re: Change format and position of date

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Re: Change format and position of date

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